At least 14 dead as Russia bombards Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities
Vladimir Putin said the strikes were retaliation for Kyiv’s ‘terrorist’ actions including an attack on a key bridge between Russia and Crimea.
Vladimir Putin said the strikes were retaliation for Kyiv’s ‘terrorist’ actions including an attack on a key bridge between Russia and Crimea.
The Russian president claims the attack was carried out by Ukrainian special services.
The blasts in the city blew out windows in adjacent buildings and left at least one high-rise apartment building partially collapsed.
The National Anti-Terrorism Committee said the bomb set alight seven railway carriages carrying fuel.
It was not immediately clear what caused the Kharkiv blasts or what was hit.
Officials said the bodies included those of 225 women, 257 men and 19 children, while 29 sets of remains have not been identified.
Zaporizhzhia has been hit again by missiles and – for the first time – by explosive-packed drones.
The strikes came hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine’s military had retaken three more villages in a region annexed by Russia.
The parliament in Moscow earlier ratified treaties making Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions part of Russia.
Lyman is 100 miles south-east of Kharkiv.
Darren Reynolds and Christine Grayson, both 59, are charged with conspiring to commit criminal damage between May 13 and June 20 this year.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was time for a ‘serious prime minister’.
Ms Huq was suspended from the Labour party after her remarks that the Chancellor is ‘superficially’ black appeared online.
The Labour leader said he hoped the party was more like the one led by Sir Tony Blair than Jeremy Corbyn.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was scathing about Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s handling of the economy.